South Saluda River near Rocky Bottom, SC Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 021622845 sits on the South Saluda River and reads everything draining 8.5 square miles of the Saluda basin. Its datum sits 1,243 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 10 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Table Rock Reservoir near Cleveland, SC at 15 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 56% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to South Saluda River near Cleveland, SC, Saluda River at Hunts Bridge Rd near Dacusville, SC and Saluda River near Greenville, SC.

Normal flows here

The South Saluda River runs a median of 29 cfs at this gauge across 10 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 38 cfs, and September the leanest at 21 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 609 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 7.0 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.